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| Hiking | 6.80 Miles |
2,566 AEG |
| | Hiking | 6.80 Miles | 5 Hrs 50 Mns | | 1.22 mph |
| 2,566 ft AEG | 15 Mns Break | 25 LBS Pack | | |
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| no partners | | Near 6 months since I bagged #12 of the 13 ranked peaks in the Stewart Mountain Quadrangle so I figured it was time to complete it. Although not the highest in the quad, so far #13, Peak 2662 has presented the biggest challenge. So far I've spent way more time planning it than any others including an aborted attempt a half-mile south of it 10 months ago at a spot where there simply weren't enough handholds to climb a 20 foot wall.
Last week I hoped to do more recon starting from the east but turned around over a mile away. So to at least get a closer look at it I decided to come in from the vicinity of Gateway Canyon following an unnamed canyon south to the base of 2662 and see what I found.
Plenty of boulder-hopping and thorny bush-whacking but all I had to do was follow the dry wash to the area below Peak 2662. From there I managed to choose the wrong way to the summit but at least I know the route to get here is best/only(?) way and I have one last possible route to the summit to try next trip.
While I didn't reach the summit, the views were awesome and I found many items of interest including numerous large caves, a dead Bighorn Sheep (appeared to be from a 100+ foot fall, and even a totally skinned headless carcass of what I think may be a coati but I'm still awaiting confirmation from AZGFD. Check the last two photos and let me know what you think it may be.
As usual it was a day of many photos... Only 115! so it was a job to whittle it to the manageable 40 I posted here on HAZ. |
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